[Turkey] Sisi asks prosecutor whether she will testify as part of Feb. 28 probeSeyhan Soylu (known as Sisi), a transsexual believed to have organized a scheme that led to a political scandal ahead of a non-armed military intervention in 1997, visited a specially authorized public prosecutor in Ankara on Monday to ask him whether she will be summoned to testify as part of a probe into the military intervention.

[Nepal] Nepal Lawmaker Asks Facebook To Include Third Genderthe only openly gay parliament member in Nepal — has written Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes asking the social media site for the option of “third gender” or “others” when signing up

[USA] Trans Health Care Protections at Risk with the Supreme CourtYesterday kicked off National LGBT Health Awareness Week, a time when, as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement, we “highlight the progress our country is making to address the unique health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans, especially through the implementation of the health care law, the Affordable Care Act.”

[LA, USA] Orleans Parish jail inmate reports repeated sexual assaultsA transsexual inmate at the Orleans Parish jail was raped repeatedly by different attackers in two different locations within the facility, according to a letter sent to Sheriff Marlin Gusman Tuesday by the inmate's attorneys. The inmate is being held in facilities reserved for male inmates, but identifies as a woman.